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The Government of India and the State of Sikkim signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) under the Scheme Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY) today, for operational improvement of the State’s Power Distribution Department

Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd. (TPREL), India’s largest renewable energy company and Tata Power’s wholly-owned subsidiary, announced on Thursday the synchronisation of its 15 MW solar plant at Belampally in Telangana, thereby starting its commercial operations.

Buoyed by falling solar tariffs, Niti Aayog today said India needs energy efficiency by maximising supply of renewable energy sources to help realise the goal of sustainable development for affordable and clean power access

Farmers in Mupkal village of Balkonda mandal in the district are a distressed lot as their lands were forcibly taken away by the State government for the construction of huge high tension towers for a power grid by the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited.

Concerned over untreated domestic and industrial sewage flowing into rivers and other water bodies, the Supreme Court today ordered disconnection of electricity supply to polluting industries if these failed to set up effluent treatment plants (ETPs) in three months.

Oil and Natural Gas Corp , the country's top oil and gas explorer, will invest Rs 73.37 billion ($1.10 billion) in five fields to produce about 15 million tonnes of oil and about 3 billion cubic metres (BCM) of gas, it said on Thursday

The international crude oil price of Indian Basket as computed/published today by Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas was US$ 55.01 per barrel (bbl) on 22.02.2017.

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed the Indian Oil Corporation to file an affidavit by March 1 indicating the date on which the Corporation would install Auto LPG Dispensing Outlets in the state.

Lack of replacements for the retiring members in the past one and a half years has left Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB), the nation’s downstream regulator, with just one member, making the board dysfunctional that can potentially delay the latest round of award of rights to build pipeline in eight districts.

India plans to auction some oil exploration blocks by June and will allow bidders to carve out areas where they want to drill in order to attract greater interest, a government official told Reuters on Wednesday.

The Centre's decision to pay over Rs 14,000-crore royalty claimed by Gujarat and Assam from ONGC and Oil India is credit positive for the two state-owned companies, Moody's Investors Service said today.

The Modi government is planning to launch its first major auction of oilfields within the next two months under the revamped Hydrocarbon Exploration Licensing Policy (HELP) worked out by the oil ministry.

India has the potential to become a much larger producer and consumer of natural gas by 2022 when it is expected to surpass China in terms of population, a first of its kind Congressional report on India's natural gas said.

The 17-km Rs 4.2k-cr Silk Board-KR Puram line to come up on an elevated corridor Metro connectivity on the Outer Ring Road -connecting much of the city's IT corridor -is likely to get a formal approval from the state government today .

Indian Railways has unveiled a swanky category of unreserved coaches for its soon be launched Antyodaya Express trains. These coaches are fully unreserved LHB second class coaches with additional safety features

A decade-long wait by India’s cash-hungry real estate and infrastructure developers may finally be nearing an end. Birla Sun Life Asset Management Co. estimates that real estate and infrastructure trusts will raise as much as 600 billion rupees ($9 billion) this year as India rolls out the much-anticipated investment products mooted in 2007